cable internet sharing

You will need a router that supports NAT (which the router you say you have should have).
You whould plug it in the wan port and not the uplink port.

You need to go into the config of your LinkSYS and change some of the settings, since your current config is for DSL.

Right now your router is trying to connect with a particular protocol (PPoE, probably) and is using a user ID and password supplied by your DSL provider. You need that information from your "friendly" cable company, to make the connection work.

You can also monitor the system logs in your router. Check the Help function for details on how to do this. Then you will see theerror messages, and be able to debug it a bit better.

I experienced this same issue three months ago. Your cable company is probably using DHCP. My service provider uses DHCP and if I have my PC named anything other than the name specified by my service provider then the result is no internet (the only way around this is to hard code the IP addresses to your PC). If this is the case then if you place the main internet cable (probably coax) to a destination other than the NIC on your main PC, then you will not receive internet connectivity.

I found three workable solutions.

1. Your router can provide NAT services. Personally I found this method to be cumbersome and it created a lot of traffic on my home network. This method is not a good idea if you do a lot of online gaming.

2. I built a Windows 2000 server which provides NAT services. This method is quite expensive when you throw in the price of a PC, software, and a second NIC. However, the process handled the network traffic better than the router did.

3. The best method I found for the buck was to purchase an additional IP. It only cost $5 more for a second IP and saved a lot of time.

first of all, your router need an ip address. connect ur router serial to one of the comm port of the pc and set the ip address for the router using telnet or hyperterminal program. let say, 192.168.0.254.

After that, set all your Winme ip address as 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3 and WinXP as 192.168.0.4.

The default gateway must be the router ip address that is 192.168.0.254.

The 3 PC's DNS is your country DNS or set it to your router ip address..

I just know only that Brunei DNS is 202.160.8.2, that is my home country. for yours, i'm not quite sure.Just find out yourself.

Hope it works.

I have a Linksys router also and I have used it in both DSL and Cable situations. I also have the Motorola Surfboard.
Your DSL provider gave you a static IP address and you Cable Motorola Surfboard modem does not give you a static IP address it gives you an IP address dynamically.
The Motorola modem cannot give you the Dynamic IP address unless you allow the Linksys router to accept the IP address.

Instructions on correcting the problem.

in Internet Explorer (or whatever browser you use)
got to
http://192.168.1.1 (that's the default address for you to get to your Linksys's configuration page unless you changed it's LAN IP address)
Once your in the configuration page you need to change the WAN IP address settings from whatever addresses are there to Obtain an IP address automatically. Also change the WAN DNS settings from the whatever it is to Obtain DNS address automatically.
Click on the button on the button to "activate the settings" I don't remember the exact syntax on the button to activate the settings.

Then make sure you TURN OFF your motorola surfboard modem. TURN OFF your Router. Connect the back of the router that says WAN to the modem. Turn on the modem. Turn on the router and you're good to go.